Amendment ID: S1878-21

Amendment 21

Corrective Amendment

Mr. Brewer moves to amend the bill in section 1, by striking out, in line 6, the figure “2015” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “2014”; and

by striking out section 3 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

“SECTION 3. Clause forty-third of section 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2012 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the definition “Active service in the armed forces” the following  definition:-

“Gold Star”, the status of any member of the armed forces, reserve component of the armed forces or National Guard who was deceased due to an injury, illness or disease, not due to gross negligence or misconduct of the member, which was incurred or aggravated while serving on military duty.  For the purpose of determining Gold Star status, the term “military duty” shall mean full-time duty in the active military service of the United States, regardless of duration or purpose; provided, however, that  active military service shall include full-time training duty, annual training duty and attendance, while in the active military service, at a school designated as a service school by law or by the Secretary of the Department of Defense; provided further, that military duty shall also include full-time National Guard or reserve duty; provided further, that any member of the armed forces, reserve component of the armed forces or National Guard shall also be considered on military duty if that person is on inactive duty training, funeral honors duty, traveling directly to or from such active or inactive duty or training or while training before the commencement of military assignment or between successive periods of such active or inactive duty.”; and

by striking out section 16 and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

“SECTION 16. Chapter 68 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 19 the following section:-

Section 19A. Any person or charitable organization established for an advocacy, benevolent, educational, humane, patriotic, philanthropic, scientific or social welfare purpose on behalf of veterans or the military, which intends to solicit contributions from persons within the commonwealth, or have contributions solicited on its behalf by other charitable organizations, shall, prior to such solicitation, apply to for designation as a veterans’ charitable organization on a form issued by the division that shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the name of the organization and the purpose for which it is organized; (ii) the address of the organization and the address of any offices in this commonwealth or, if the organization does not maintain an office, the name and address of the person having custody of its financial records; and (iii) the charitable purpose for which solicited contributions shall be used. The secretary of the department of veterans’ services shall publish on the department’s website a list of the name of each veterans’ charitable organization. Designation as a veterans’ charitable organization shall be valid for 3 years. Any person or organization applying for designation as a veterans’ charitable organization shall be exempt from any registration fee or renewal fee under section 19.  ”; and

in section 17, by striking out, in line 163, the word “qualified”; and

in section 18, by striking out, in line 168, the word “outside”; and

in section 20, by inserting after the word “is”, in line 176, the following word:- “a”; and

in section 21, by striking out, in line 194, the words “United States Armed Forces” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “armed forces of the United States and the armed forces of the commonwealth”; and

in section 28, by striking out, in line 306, the figure “25” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “27”; and

in said section 28, by striking out, in line 327, the figure “13” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “14”; and in said section 28, by inserting after the word “of”, in line 328, the first time it appears, the following words:- “Operation New Dawn,”; and

in section 30, by striking out, in line 375, the figure “16” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “14”; and

in said section 30, by striking out, in line 376, the words "2 of whom shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives" and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “1 of whom shall be the chair of the joint committee on veterans and federal affairs,1 of whom shall be the chair of the joint committee on labor and workforce development”; and

in said section 30, by striking out, in line 378, the words "2 of whom shall be appointed by the president of the senate” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “1 of whom shall be the chair of the joint committee on veterans and federal affairs, 1 of whom shall be the chair of the joint committee on labor and workforce development”; and

in said section 30, by striking out, in line 381, the figure “6” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “5”; and

in section 32, by striking out, in line 445, the figure “15” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- “16”; and

in section 34, by striking out, in line 512, the word “Trial” and inserting in place thereof the following word:- “Trail”; and

by adding the following section:-

“SECTION XX. Any person or charitable organization established for an advocacy, benevolent, educational, humane, patriotic, philanthropic, scientific or social welfare purpose on behalf of veterans or the military, which intends to solicit contributions from persons within the commonwealth, or have contributions solicited on its behalf by other charitable organizations, existing on the effective date of this act, shall comply with section 19A of chapter 68 of the General Laws not later 90 days after the effective date of this act.”